Charlie,
try this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ cdrecord -atip dev=0,0,0 Cdrecord 2.0 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 J�rg Schilling scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24 Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info : 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W1210A' Revision : '1.01' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 3A 01 00 00 Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x3A Qual 0x01 (medium not present - tray closed) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s cdrecord: No disk / Wrong disk! [EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ > > The first thing I would do with any older CD-R/RW is check the manufacturer's > site to find whether there's a firmware update available. Yes there is an upgrade available. > That's the easy way > to ensure capability of larger capacity disks. ignsize can be dangerous > because it instructs the writing app to over burn. Often a very bad thing. > > If you want to see what cdrecord does before it starts to write to a blank run > the following command with a blank in the drive:. Alter the dev= part to suit > your environment of course, not everyone's burner is dev=0,0,0: > <snip,snip,snip> > > I've assembled far too many boxes for people using recycled components such as > CD-RW drives to neglect a firmware update, and if the drive is old but has no > update available I always test with larger capacity media before I'll use it > or stick it into a new system. I noticed that the firmware upgrades are in an m$ executable format. Is it time to get the dos boot floppy out again or is there a better way? I have a FAT32 partition on my disk but I've never used it. I have samba installed and running but no access to my local /mnt/windows partition, or can I just change the group permissions and write to it? <snip> Thanks, Terry -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS
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